Wellue VisualBeat Chest Strap/Strap-Free Heart Rate Monitor, Bluetooth ANT+, 24h Heart Rate Tracing, 30 mins Waveform Recording, APP w ECG Function, Wireless Wearable HR Monitor with Vibration Alert

This review refers to ‘Visual Beat Heart Rate Monitor’ by Wellue and ‘ViHealth’ app.This is an absolutely superb piece of equipment and App is a design marvel, all relevant information clearly presented and no redundant data. The ECG recording is of medical standard. The pdf printout has the background markings like 10mm/mv voltage recording and 25mm/second recording speed (bottom right corner) which is how ECG is recorded in medical establishments. The A4 printout is the one to share if needed.Note this is NOT sold as a medical device, because I presume Wellue hasn’t submitted this for approval as a medical device in EU or USA.A few pointers to get the best out of this device;To recognise and interpret the ECG you need a clean recording without interference. Google ECG to see the pattern.To get clear tracings;1. The band should stay on your chest without movement during walking or exercising. Movement of electrode on skin produces baseline disturbances. Adjust the length so it is not too tight or too loose on the chest. Also circles your chest properly without movement during exercise.2. Moisten the electrode to skin contact with water. Good contact necessary for clean record of electrical activity of the heart.3. I noticed that initially, for few minutes, the baseline moves a lot making recordings less clear. However after sometime it settles to give clear recording. Sweat obviously improves contact and recording.4. If you have a hairy chest perhaps you may need to shave for better contact.I have recorded ECG while on treadmill and running outside for over an hour and every time been able to get excellent recordings.Obviously you get effortless clean recording if you use disposable electrodes, a sample of which comes with the product. But I haven’t used it as I haven’t had the need to.The App is design marvel. All necessary information clearly presented. Battery level, heart rate in both number and graph and ECG.Unlike other apps, you don’t have to give your data to use it. See App Store in iOS; no data related to you is collected by the app either.Any negatives? The device has LED which blinks when not in use. And it’s small, so can easily get lost. I solved both by putting it in the excellent box it came when not in use. Lid opening is not obvious. I put a dot mark so don’t have to search. Seeing battery levels in percentage in addition will be a bonus.

works well. wanted to track the ECG, have to upgrade the app to do that.

Waited for the device to fully charge as per instructions (wait til barely visible light goes from amber to flashing green), but app says battery is nearly flat! So much for “24 hour recording”. Also does not connect to ANT+, and only works with the very poor app, which also does not work with Apple Health (Health app can see the app, but doesn’t receive any data). Returning and will try to find something that actually works

OK heart monitor for basic monitoring, as indicated in some other reviews the App is not upgradable to Premium functionality for this device so you get none of the deeper analysis. The versions that allow you to do this are 3 to 4 times the price of this one. With some research I have been able to use the device to identify a minor condition but this took some significant learning on my part. Essentially the device is great if you want to monitor your heart rate during exercise, etc. the ECG functionality is not really accessible to a normal user. It’s a heart rate monitor with a trace. The clue is in the name “visualbeat” it provides a visual representation of your heart rate, not full ECG analysis.

Got the device so I could monitor my HR during the day at anytime.Device works really well, to confirm the accuracy I’ve used a proper monitor and they showed the same results.Only issue was that the device stopped working completely and couldn’t access any data.Emailed the support team and they sent a new one to replace the faulty one.New one works wonders, same accuracy and no malfunction whatsoever.Should have an option to power down the device when not in use.The app it’s also very easy to use.Another great advantage is that it can be used with other sports apps to monitor your HR during training.

Partner purchased this as he was in need of a way to log his irregular heartbeat so we could take it to the dr as we had some issues getting a reading via the hospital. Due to the 30min ecg record facility we were able to get this seen by a medical professional who was then able to do further tests and start him on a correct form of treatment. The monitor is easy to wear on the band and quick to sync to the app on your phone.We are grateful that this exsists as it has given us some peace of mind and a start to better health.

I bought this product because I have arrhythmia and I wanted to be able to train whilst keeping an eye on my heart rate. Also, my fitbit was unable to accurately track my heart rate.The first thing to say is that this thing is way more accurate than any wrist based watch device. Ok, Apple Watch is up there, but nothing beats a chest strap monitor.It's easy to set up and very comfortable to wear. I often forget to take it off when I come back from the gym. I use the strap rather than the sticky things. I barely notice it unless it vibrates to notify I've hit my first heart rate level. I use it to warn myself to bring my HR back down if it's getting too high. It also tells me with a double vibration when my heart rate is so high that I've gone into tachycardia. This is very useful to make me stop and wait for my heart to revert back to NSR.So, if you have arrhythmia and you're an active person, I would recommend this device. It's kind of designed more for heart patients than athletes because it can do ECGs. I've used that feature and it works well. I have recorded the odd SVT.One annoying thing: Quite often when I first put the monitor on, it struggles to connect to my phone / the app. It can take multiple times of closing and opening the app, reconnecting, turning bluetooth on and off, etc. It's annoying! Having said this, it does tend to stay connected after that. It just takes time out of my workout at the beginning.